Malczewski (feminine: Malczewska, plural: Malczewscy) is a

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

locational surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

, which originally meant a person from Malczew or Malczewo in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

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"Malczewski Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016. Variants of the name include Malczewscy, Malchevski, Malchevsky. The name may refer to: * Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826), Polish poet * (1754–1819), Polish archbishops * Jacek Malczewski (1854–1929), Polish painter * Jakub Malczewski (born 1974), Polish alpine skier * Rafał Malczewski (1892-1965), Polish painter, writer and mountaineer * Rafał Skarbek-Malczewski (born 1982), Polish snowboarder * Alexey Sergeevich Malchevsky (1915–1985), Soviet ornithologist, dean of biology at the Leningrad State University

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{{surname, Malczewski, Malczewska Polish-language surnames

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